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Final season of Better Call Saul begins Production in New Mexico
AMC’s Better Call Saul begins production for its sixth and final season. To date, the show has garnered a 2018 Peabody Award, forty Emmy Award nominations, four Golden Globe Award nominations and six Writers Guild Awards. The Breaking Bad spin-off…
AMC’s new supernatural series NOS4A2 is now filming in Rhode Island
AMC’s new supernatural horror series NOS4A2 (working title) has begun principal photography in Rhode Island. The 10-hour long episodes will film throughout the state in the coming months. Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, American Horror Story) stars as Charlie Manx, the…
Prince Edward Island, Canada to establish local film incentives
Prince Edward Island (PEI) in Canada will be establishing a dedicated local film fund after the Government announced that it will set aside CAD3.5 million to support the province’s creative sector over the next five years. Alongside the film fund,…
Netflix’s Anne with an E season two now filming in Ontario
Principal photography is now underway for the second season of Netflix’s Anne with an E, utilising locations in Ontario and Prince Edward Island (PEI). Distributed by Netflix and co-produced by Northwood Entertainment and CBC, the show’s new 10-episode season is scheduled for…
Game of Thrones storms the Emmys and Veep retains comedy crown
Airing on ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards took place last night to honour the very best examples of television entertainment throughout the last year. Most expectations were met as HBO’s powerhouse series Game of…
Saskatchewan increases per-production incentive payment cap
Saskatchewan in central Canada has increased the amount of money it will offer to eligible productions seeking filming incentive support. The Creative Saskatchewan Investment Fund will now offer up to CAD 600,000, a sharp increase from the previous limit of…
AMC to film sequel to The Making of the Mob and new docudrama The West
American cable channel AMC has commissioned docudrama series The Making of the Mob: Chicago as a follow-up to The Making of the Mob: New York. The channel is also backing The West, a separate docudrama tracing the history of America’s…
TV drama of comic book Wynonna Earp to film on location in Calgary
A new TV drama based on the comic book character Wynonna Earp is set to film on location in Calgary. The Alberta city is currently best-known for the TV version of crime drama Fargo, which has filmed two seasons locally.…
Alaska cancels filming incentive tax credit
Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at…
Fargo TV series films fake snow against mild Calgary winter
The production team on the new series of the TV adaptation of Fargo have had to adjust to this year’s mild Alberta winter by using fake snow to create the iconic mid-western setting. Season Two of Fargo is set a…
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Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at…
Alberta
Alberta has become the sole filming location for all three seasons of FX's crime series, Fargo. The province was also featured in the Academy Award winning The Revenant. A period survival story, The Revenant follows a hunter seeking revenge on…
Canada
Canada remains a top international filming location, with Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal as the main production hubs rivalling the likes of New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Generous provincial filming incentives are a key element of Canada’s overall success, as…
Yukon
Yukon straddles the Arctic Circle in north-west Canada, with British Columbia to the south and the US state of Alaska to the west. There’s a limited crew base and a series of incentive programmes for TV shows, features and documentaries. Yukon’s Film Location Incentive offers a 25%…